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How do you chill down 1.4 million pounds of solid rocket fuel in the hot Utah desert? Lots of air conditioning! This video shows how ATK chilled down DM-2, the second Ares first stage development motor in advance of the August 31 static test.
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Ignition of Development Motor-2: DM-2 is the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. The Aug. 31 static test was conducted by ATK Aerospace Systems in Promontory, Utah. DM-2 is managed by the Ares Projects Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (Credit: ATK)

Ignition of Development Motor-2: DM-2 is the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. The Aug. 31 static test was conducted by ATK Aerospace Systems in Promontory, Utah. DM-2 is managed by the Ares Projects Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (Credit: ATK)

Ignition of Development Motor-2: DM-2 is the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. The Aug. 31 static test was conducted by ATK Aerospace Systems in Promontory, Utah. DM-2 is managed by the Ares Projects Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (Credit: ATK)

Ignition of Development Motor-2: DM-2 is the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. The Aug. 31 static test was conducted by ATK Aerospace Systems in Promontory, Utah. DM-2 is managed by the Ares Projects Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (Credit: ATK)

Ignition of Development Motor-2: DM-2 is the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. The Aug. 31 static test was conducted by ATK Aerospace Systems in Promontory, Utah. DM-2 is managed by the Ares Projects Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (Credit: NASA)

Ignition of Development Motor-2: DM-2 is the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. It is the most heavily instrumented solid rocket motor in NASA history with a total of 53 test objectives measured through more than 760 instruments. DM-2 was chilled to 40 degrees Fahrenheit as the test was designed to assess performance at the lowest end of the temperature range. The Aug. 31 static test was conducted by ATK Aerospace Systems in Promontory, Utah. DM-2 is managed by the Ares Projects Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (Credit: NASA)
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Ignition of Development Motor-2: DM-2 is the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. It is the most heavily instrumented solid rocket motor in NASA history with a total of 53 test objectives measured through more than 760 instruments. The Aug. 31 static test was conducted by ATK Aerospace Systems in Promontory, Utah. DM-2 is managed by the Ares Projects Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (Credit: NASA)
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Development Motor-2, snuggly housed in a climate-controlled building, has been chilled down to 40 degrees for the August 31 static firing. The development motor is the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. DM-2 is managed by the Ares Projects Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (Credit: ATK)

Development Motor-2 is the second five segment solid rocket motor to be tested for Ares first stage. The motor is designed to generate 3.6 million pounds of thrust and information collected from this test will be evaluated to better understand the robustness of motor design. DM-2 is managed by the Ares Projects Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (Credit: ATK)

Development Motor-2 is the largest and most powerful solid rocket motor designed for flight. DM-2 is the most heavily instrumented solid rocket motor in NASA history with a total of 53 test objectives measured through more than 760 instruments. The Aug. 31 static test will be conducted by ATK Aerospace Systems in Promontory, Utah. DM-2 is managed by the Ares Projects Office at NASA's Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala. (Credit: ATK)
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